Receptacle



Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

JOHN E. nULWINxtE, or CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

RECEPTACLE.

v Application nled October 1, 1924. Serial No. 741,032.

To al'lvwiom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BULWINKLE,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Charleston, in the county ot Charleston and State o South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles, of which the following isa speciication.

This invention relates. to receptacles, and more particularly totrash receptacles, such as are employed in cities and placed at intervalson streets for the collection of trash.

'It is customary at the present time to employ the walls of such receptacles for vadvertising purposes, the advertisements being 4printed on the walls so as to be Vvisible to persons passing along the street. The use of the walls of these trash receptacles for advertising purposes is however, .accompanied .by the disadvantage that` such advertisements cannot be readily'seen at night. `In the present invention, I provide a receptacle in which the vertical walls `are 'formed of glass and suitable advertising matter paintedonthe glass Or .arranged on transparent slides beneath ,thel lass, and I further provide an electric lig t or other means of illumination within the container in order that the advertising matter may be readily seen at night.

More specically, the invention comprises van outer substantially rectangular casing having glass vwalls and having a trash container which is ltruste-conical in shape, ar-

ranged within the outer easing and depending from the top. I provide a light arranged in the bottom of the casing'so that the .light rays may travel upwardly ,on the outside of the inner container and illuminate 40 the walls of the outer casing.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown one embodiment of the invention. In this showing: .4

Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a central vertical vsectional view, f

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View on line 3-3- of Figure 2, and, F

Figure liis a plan view. 5 Referring to the drawings, the Outer casing `consists of .a skeleton frame formedof four-corner posts in theform of angle irons 1' which are connected adjacent the top and bottom by cross lmembers 2. The bottom cross members are adapted to receive and support a base or bottom 3. Suitable guide strips 4 are. arranged on the interior of the( frame and are Aslightly spaced therefrom to form grooves for the reception of the edges vof glass plates 5, which form the side and end walls. The top 6 is arranged on the receptacle, thetop being provided with inclined walls 7 and a substantially semi-circular dome 8. One of the inclined walls is provided .with an opening, normall closed by a pivoted door 9 An inner tras receps tacle-is adapted to be supported in the outer casing, depending from the top;` As shown,

the receptacle comprises a substantially horizontal flange 11 on its upper end. This iange is adapted to rest upon the horizontal frusto-conical shaped member 10 having a portion of the upper transverse angle irons 2.

The bottom of the casing is provided with an' opening Ahaving a light socket 12 arranged therein. The socket is surrounded by a suitable reflector 13 and a bulb 14 is adapted to be arranged therein.

'Ihe operation of the device will be .apparent from the foregoing description. The entire top piece may be removed from the outer casing and the trash receptacle` 10 placed in position or removed when illed. The ange 11 resting on thehorizontal section or upper transverse beams 2 supports the inner receptacle in a depending manner. As the weight of the material placed in the receptacle is usually negligible, depending support is suicient. l'Ihe bottom of the inner receptacle is spaced a slight distance from the bulb 14 and the inclinedwalls '10 ermit the light rays to travel upwardly,

illuminating' every sectionbf the glass plates l5. By lighting the light 14: at night, the

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substantially frusto-conically shaped inner said inner receptacle whereby rays of light receptacle arranged in said casing, the botwill be reected to the Walls of said inner tom of said inner receptacle being spaced receptacle and then outwardly through said 10 from the bottom of said casing, a lamp artransparent side Walls of said outer casing.

5 ranged in thebottom of said outer recep- In testimony whereof, I affix my signa,-

tacle, and a reflector arranged' beneath said ture.

lamp and extending beyond the bottom of JOHN E. BULVVINKLE. 

